Having one of each, it's sort of amusing to see the different interests each have developed, despite them having more or less the same sort of things available to them when they grew up. Obviously it's not 100% accurate, since the boy had a big sister to look up to, but the girl had none...but there's enough there that as a parent, it was pretty obvious to see.
The big thing, obvious even before they could really talk, was the personality. They seem to both be ridiculously stereotypical. The girl is eager to please, helpful, giving, and will adapt herself to whatever situation she finds herself in...ie. if Daddy's legs are in the way of where she wants to go, she'll climb right over them. The boy on the other hand, while still liking to help and to do the same things that Mommy and Daddy do, never took quite the same exquisite pleasure in it that his sister did. And he's not the kind to adapt to fit the world...he'll make the world fit him. Daddy's legs in the way...push them OUT of the way. The girl would climb the bookshelves; the boy would stack things beside it to get what he wanted.
It's continued as they got older. The girl...all about dolls, tea parties, sleepovers, and dressing up....admittedly, with a remarkably strong interest in trains. The boy on the other hand...dinosaurs. At the age when his sister's biggest thrill was collecting dishes to take to be cleaned, the boy stomps around the house, growling and snapping at the dog; "I'm a monster!"
Just two examples of how that little Y chromosome actually makes a difference in personality. Boys and girls ARE different, and we haven't gone far enough yet in treating them as such.
Giant Robots, completely asexual, but still fascinated by dinosaurs AND fashion
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